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Global Fund signs a record-breaking $8.54 billion in grants to fight HIV, TB and malaria – World
GENEVA – In 2020, the Global Fund signed 157 grants for a total of US$8.54 billion for lifesaving HIV, TB and malaria programs and to strengthen systems for health. This is the highest amount of grants ever signed in a single year by the Global Fund. The grants will begin implementation this month. “This is …
Counselor killed breaking up fight at California youth center
A counselor at a Los Angeles-area youth home was beaten to death while trying to break up a fight and seven teenagers and young adults were arrested, authorities said. David Mcknight-Hillman, 25, was assaulted Saturday while trying to break up a fight at Wayfinder Family Services in the unincorporated View Park−Windsor Hills area, authorities said. …
Kentucky’s health care tech, products manufacturing industry make key contributions in COVID fight
As the global battle against COVID-19 continues, Kentucky’s health care technology, service and products manufacturing industry not only fights the pandemic’s spread, it also spurs high-wage, impactful opportunities for thousands of Kentuckians. “The innovative health care companies that call the Commonwealth home are key partners on Team Kentucky. These companies are supplying nations across the …
Nissan licenses technology free of charge to support COVID-19 fight
Nissan is supporting the fight against COVID-19 by providing licenses free of charge for thermal imaging sensor technology developed by the company. Nissan is licensing the low-cost technology under the terms of the IP Open Access Declaration Against COVID-19, which the company joined in May. By signing the declaration, Nissan agreed not to seek compensation …
Endothelial Cell Targeting Could Help Fight COVID-19 Symptoms
For Covid-19 patients with serious lung disease, targeting endothelial cells – cells that comprise the blood vessel wall which regulate oxygen exchange between airways and the bloodstream – may be a novel approach to restoring normal lung function. This hypothesis stems from a study by researchers in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in …
Woman shot while attempting to break up a fight in Lawndale
CHICAGO – A woman was shot early Sunday morning breaking up a fight in Lawndale on the West Side. About 2:30 a.m., the 39-year-old was attempting to break up a fight between her sister and another woman on a sidewalk in the 1100 block of South Central Park Avenue, when the other woman fired shots, …
SwabTek Introduces Technology to Help Fight the Growing Drug Crisis
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SwabTek offers easy-to-use, safe and affordable narcotics field tests that help governments, airports, schools, corporations and consumers fight the drug crisis. In light of growing drug abuse during the pandemic, SwabTek is expanding its line of innovative presumptive test kits with new, in-demand tests such as Fentanyl+ and Nicotine+. With over 40 states …
MiCAN Technologies’ myeloid lineage cells help researchers fight COVID-19
Coronavirus-optimized myeloid lineage cells MiCAN’s cMylc are research cells modified to be used in studying the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The myeloid cells were generated from induced pluripotent stem cells[2] and genes related to SARS-CoV-2 infection process were introduced. Subsequently these cells demonstrated the ability to propagate the virus in human blood cells, in particular dendritic cells …
Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia fight results: Live boxing updates, scorecard, start time, undercard
Welterweight supremacy is on the line on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, when unified champion Errol Spence Jr. takes on Danny Garcia in the main event of a Fox PPV. It will be Spence’s (26-0, 21 KOs) first fight since the horrific car crash in October 2019 when he managed to escape largely unscathed. For …
Nephi man charged with breaking up fight by shooting man in the head
SALT LAKE CITY — A Nephi man was charged Friday with breaking up a fight in his truck by shooting and killing a man, then dumping his body in the West Desert of Juab County. Troy James Pexton, 56, is charged in 4th District Court with murder, a first-degree felony, and abuse or desecration of …
